Combination truck, ladder, and support



Sept. Z8 1926. 1,601,250

L. C-HILDERBRAND COMBINATION TRUCK, LADDER, AND SUPPORT Filed March 8, 1926 Hllllllllllllllll Il" n f A "l llllllllllllll Cil Patented Sept. Z3, 1935.

CGMBNATION TRUCK, LADDER, SEFORT.

Application filed March 8, 1925. Serial No. 93,126.

This invention is a device adapted to be applied to lmany usesV and specifically may be operated as a truck, ladder and support for an ironing board or other article.

An object of the invention is to provide a device that may be conveniently applied to various uses Without being dismembered or provided With additional equipment when it is desired to apply the devicetor any ot the uses for which it is intended.

ln the specific embodiment of the invention shown, the device is readily applicable for use as a step ladder, a support for an ironing board or the like, or a wheeled truck, and in all of such uses certain of the parts essentially cooperate. with the same parts with Which they cooperate in any use.

Other objects ci' theinvention Will'appear Vtrom the following description, reference being made to the drawing, in Which l Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the dev ice opened to disclose the different 'cooperative parts thereof.

llig. Qis a iront elevation.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device used as a support for an ironing board or the like.

Fig. l is a view showing the relationship of essential parts of the device When used as a tivoovheeled truck.

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation ot a part of the truck equipment.

The'invention shown comprises a pair of side bars 1 rigidly connected by a number of transverse parts 2, which may be disposed and arranged to serve as the steps oi a ladder when it is desired to use the device for that purpose. One end of each of thek side bars is Jformed to provide a handle 3 Which may be grasped by the hand When the device is used as a truck, andwhich may rest upon the ground or floor when the device is used as a step ladder. The opposite ends oit the bars 1 are rigidly connected by a metallic plate 4: designed as a support for the user or any articles Which it may b e desired to place thereon When the device 1s used as a ladder, and which also functions as a support for articles on the truck, when the device is used for that purpose, as will be arms of biturcated brackets 7, each of Which is formed With a pair oi' integral ears 8.

`A wheel 9 is rotatively mounted between each pair of ears 8 on an aXle 10 extending transversely across and connecting the two pairs of ears.

The arms 6 are movable to a position between the bars 1 against the parts 2 to hold the Wheels 9 Well beyond the bars 1 and the plate 4, so that said Wheels 9 Will roll freely along the loor, ground or pavement. In such use of the device, the plate 4i serves as a support to-hold any articles upon the truck which may be easily manipulated and guided by the handles 3. y

When it is desired to use the device as a step ladder or support in the adjustment shown in Fig. 1, the arms 6 are held in proper spaced relationship to the bars 1 by toggle links 11 connecting said arms 6 With the respective bars 1.

The arms 6 may also be connected by a rod 12, serving as a pivot'for a pair of arms 13 having their lower ends connected by a 14, the lends of which extend laterally beyond'the sides of the arms 13 a sufficient dista-nce to engage in notches 15 in strips 16 attached to the inner sides of the bars 1. ln such adjustment, the arms 6 and 13 are held in crossed positions (Fig. 3), so that the connections 17 and 18 between the upper ends of said arms are in approximately the same horizontal plane and in position to support an ironing board 19 or other article. In this use of the device, the parts 2 'function as level supports tor the body or base of the device comprising the bars 1.

From the foregoing it will be seen that my invention is an article of manufacture which is capable of being applied to many uses and in all of which uses, the bars 1 and arms 6 essentially cooperate with each other, and in the diierent uses, with otherv parts. The

device is very convenient for household and pair of arms pivoted to said liars, a hint-liet store use and dispenses with the necessity attached to each of said aifins, a wheel piv- 10 for providing a number of different articles oted to each of said brackets and inovshie hv for different purposes, all of which purposes said arms beyond the plane of Said hars to 5 are served by this invention. roll upon a oor When said arms are between I claim: said bars and said hars are in an inclined A device of the character described coinposition. prising a pair of rigidly connected bars, a LESLIE C. HILDERBRAND. 

